Ben Z. Katz, MD

Clinical and Community Trials

Biography

Attending Physician, Infectious Disease, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago
Medical Director, Travel Immunization Clinic, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago
Co-Medical Director, Adoption Clinic, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago
Professor of Pediatrics, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

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Education and Background

Fellowship in Infectious Disease, Yale University School of Medicine 1983-1986
Residency in Pediatrics, New York University Medical Center 1980-1983
MD, New York University School of Medicine 1980

Publications

Feb. 18, 2024

Navigating the Spectrum of Two Pediatric COVID-19 Complications: Multi-System Inflammatory Syndrome in Children and Post-Acute Sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 Infection.

Jan. 18, 2024

Joint Flexibility and Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome After Mononucleosis.

Dec. 22, 2022

Plasmodium infection is associated with cross-reactive antibodies to carbohydrate epitopes on the SARS-CoV-2 Spike protein.

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